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It Keeps Right On a-Hurtin'

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{{Infobox album

| name = It Keeps Right On a-Hurtin'

| type = Album

| artist = Johnny Tillotson

| cover = JTillotson_Hurtin.jpg

| alt =

| released = 1962

| recorded = January–May 1962

| venue =

| studio =

| genre = Pop

| length =

| label = Cadence

| producer =

| prev_title = This Is Johnny Tillotson

| prev_year = 1961

| next_title = Talk Back Trembling Lips

| next_year = 1963

}}

{{Music ratings

| rev1 = New Record Mirror

| rev1Score = {{Rating|4|5}}{{Cite magazine |last= Watson |first= Jimmy |date=8 December 1962 |title=Johnny Tillotson: It Keeps Right On A＇Hurtin＇ |url=https://worldradiohistory.com/UK/Record-Mirror/60s/62/Record-Mirror-1962-12-08.pdf |magazine=New Record Mirror |issue=91 |page=10 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220401224617/https://worldradiohistory.com/UK/Record-Mirror/60s/62/Record-Mirror-1962-12-08.pdf |archive-date=1 April 2022 |access-date=5 August 2022}}

| rev2 = The Encyclopedia of Popular Music

| rev2score = {{rating|3|5}}{{cite book |last1=Larkin |first1=Colin |title=The Encyclopedia of Popular Music |date=2007 |publisher=Omnibus Press |page=1396 |isbn=9781846098567 |url=https://archive.org/details/encyclopediaofpo0000unse_v3u2/page/1396/mode/2up |accessdate=11 March 2025}}

}}

It Keeps Right On a-Hurtin' is an album by Johnny Tillotson. It was released to capitalize on the success of Tillotson's hit of the same name.{{citation needed|date=January 2025}} The album was arranged by Archie Bleyer and had vocal accompaniment by the Anita Kerr Singers and the Jordanaires. Charlie McCoy plays the harmonica on four tracks.

The album debuted on the Billboard Top LPs chart in the issued dated July 21, 1962, and remained on the chart for 31 weeks, peaking at number eight.

Track listing

=Side 1=

  1. "It Keeps Right On a-Hurtin'" (Johnny Tillotson)
  2. "Lonely Street" (Carl Belew, Kenny Sowder, W.S. Stevenson)
  3. "I'm So Lonesome I Could Cry" (Hank Williams)
  4. "Funny How Time Slips Away" (Willie Nelson)
  5. "I Fall to Pieces" (Hank Cochran, Harlan Howard)
  6. "What'll I Do" (Irving Berlin)

=Side 2=

  1. "I Can't Help It (If I'm Still in Love with You)" (Hank Williams)
  2. "Take Good Care of Her" (Arthur Kent, Ed Warren)
  3. "Four Walls" (George Campbell, Marvin Moore)
  4. "Send Me the Pillow You Dream On" (Hank Locklin)
  5. "Fool #1" (Kathryn R. Fulton)
  6. "Hello Walls" (Willie Nelson)

Charts

class="wikitable sortable"

!Chart (1962)

!Peak
position

US Top LPs (Billboard){{Cite book |last=Whitburn |first=Joel |url=https://archive.org/details/joelwhitburnstopp00whit/page/782/mode/2up |title=Joel Whitburn's Top Pop Albums: 1955–1996 |date=1996 |publisher=Record Research |isbn=978-0-8982-0117-8 |location=Menomonee Falls, Wis. |pages=782}}

|align="center"|8

Singles

class="wikitable sortable"

!Year

!Single

!Chart

!Position

rowspan="11"|1962

|rowspan="4"|"It Keeps Right On a-Hurtin'"

|US Billboard Hot 100{{Cite book |last=Whitburn |first=Joel |url=https://archive.org/details/joelwhitburnstop00whitbur/page/712/mode/2up |title=Joel Whitburn's Top Pop Singles: 1955-2002 |date=2002 |publisher=Record Research |isbn=0898-2-0155-1 |location=Menomonee Falls, Wis. |pages=712}}

|align="center"|3

US Billboard R&B singles{{Cite book |last=Whitburn |first=Joel |url=https://archive.org/details/joelwhitburnstop00whit/page/412/mode/2up |title=Joel Whitburn's top R & B singles, 1942-1988 |publisher=Record Research |year=1988 |isbn= |location=Menomonee Falls, Wis |pages=412}}

|align="center"|6

US Billboard Hot C&W Sides{{Cite book |last=Whitburn |first=Joel |url=https://archive.org/details/topcountrywester00whit/page/76/mode/2up |title=Joel Whitburn's Top country & western records : 1949-1971 |publisher=Record Research |year=1972 |isbn= |location=Menomonee Falls, Wis |pages=76}}

|align="center"|4

UK Singles Chart{{Cite web |date=1960-12-07 |title=JOHNNY TILLOTSON |url=https://www.officialcharts.com/artist/9306/johnny-tillotson/ |access-date=2025-03-27 |website=Official Charts |language=en}}

|align="center"|31

rowspan="3"|"Send Me the Pillow You Dream On"

|US Billboard Hot 100

|align="center"|17

US Billboard Hot C&W Sides

|align="center"|11

UK Singles Chart

|align="center"|21

"What'll I Do?"

|US Billboard Bubbling Under the Hot 100{{Cite book |last=Whitburn |first=Joel |url=https://archive.org/details/joelwhitburnsbub0000whit/page/166/mode/2up |title=Joel Whitburn's Bubbling under the hot 100, 1959-1981 |publisher=Record Research |year=1982 |isbn=978-0-8982-0047-8 |location=Menomonee Falls, Wis |pages=166}}

|align="center"|106

"I'm So Lonesome I Could Cry"

|US Billboard Hot 100

|align="center"|89

rowspan="2"|"I Can't Help It (If I'm Still in Love with You)"

|US Billboard Hot 100

|align="center"|24

UK Singles Chart

|align="center"|41

References

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Category:1962 albums

Category:Johnny Tillotson albums

Category:Cadence Records albums

Category:Albums arranged by Archie Bleyer